78. Summary of his battles, invasions and delegations
All the Prophet’s صلى الله عليه وسلم invasions, delegations and squadrons occurred after hijrah over ten years. As for his squadrons and delegations there was roughly sixty of them, as for the expeditions then there were twenty-seven of them, the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم himself fought in nine of them: Badr, Uhud, Al-Khandaq, AlQuraydah, Al-Mustaliq, Khaybar, Conquest of Makkah (Al-Fath), Hunayn and Ta’if, parts of the Quran were revealed regarding some of these battles:
Expeditions revealed in the Quran
Battle of Badr: Surah Al-Anfāl was revealed about this and named surah Badr.
Battle of Uhud: the end of surah Ali-‘Imran from: “And [remember] when you, [O Muhammad], left your family in the morning to post the believers at their stations for the battle [of Uhud]” ‘Ali-‘Imran: 121’ until near the end of the surah was revealed about this battle.
Battles of Al-Khandaq, Quraydah and Khaybar: the middle of Surah Al-Ahzab was revealed about these battles.
Battle of Banu An-Nadeer: Surah Al-Hashr was sent about this battle.
Battle of Al-Hudaybiyyah, Khaybar and Al-Fath (conquest of Makkah): surah Al-Fath and Surah An-Nasr referred to these three battles.
Battle of Tabuk: verses from surah At-Tawbah were revealed about this expedition.
The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم was injured only in the battle of Uhud, the angels fought alongside him in the battle’s Badr, Uhud and hunayn. The angels came and shook the polytheists and broke down their forces during the battle AlKhandaq (the trench), the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم threw gravel in their faces so they fled. The conquest of Makkah occurred throughout two battles: Badr and Hunayn. The only battle they used catapults was in Ta’if. They took fort with the trench, as advised by Salmān Al-Fārisi رضي الله عنهin one battle that was against the combined forces.